Toy stove



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htltJZB Jenn H. HARTMAN, or LANCASTER, rnnnsvnvania, assrenon TO THE nu aLnY Mannraornnrnd co, or nancasrnn, rnnivsvnvenra. A CORPORATION or renn- SYLVANIA.

TOY STOVE.

Application filed August 7, 1926.

This invention relates to toys and more particularly to toy gas ranges or stoves. It aims to provide an inexpensive imitation flame or burner element with simple means for actuating or turning the same up and down after the manner of the ordinary gas range or stove, as a structural feature and novelty in miniature ranges, affo'rcllng amusement and pleasure to children who are fond of toys made in imitation of household articles with which they are familiar.

The principal Objects of the invention are to provide an element with means of the character mentioned, which will be eX tremely simple in design and construction, inexpensive in cost of manufacture and. readily adaptable to toy stoves or heaters of various forms.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying drawlngs in which a practicable form of im tation flame or burner element with actuating means embodying the invention has been shown applied to a toy stove.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a toy gas range equipped with an imitation flame element and associated actuating means of a form embodying this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective fragmentary new of the range-plate section of the stove and a portion of the imitation flame element, looking upwardly from beneath the former and illustrating a connection of the latter therewith;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one form of imitation flame orburner element and actuating means therefor, with the parts shown in co-operative relation as applied to a toy 'ange;

Fig. l is a sectional elevation of the grate and drip-pan sections, taken on a plane passing transversely therethrough;

Fig.5 is a top plan view ,of a portion of the grate showing an imitatlon flame or burner element and actuating means therefor of a slightly modified form; and

Fig. 6 is a sectional elevation taken on a plane passing transversely through the grate section shown in Fig. 5 and illustrating the attachment thereto of the flame element with actuating means therefor.

Referring to the drawings, 7 denotes a toy Serial No. 127,879.

of the stove, an imitation flame or burner element 10 is shown secured and adaptedto be moved up and down after the manner in which the burner-flames of an ordinary gas range are turned up and down.

In Fig. 3 said element is shown in the form of a spider-member or bar having plateportions 11 provided on laterally ex tended arm-portiohs 10? thereof, said plateportions in this instance being formed with a group of projections or nibs in the semblance of gas flames or jets which are adapted to projection through and above openings in the range-plate or grate section of the range at the points of the burners, in realistic imitation of the gas flames of an ordinary stove. In this instance said memher or bar is formed one end with a transverse arm portion 10, said portion being shown provided with an intermediate aperture 10 and with wedge-shaped ridges or hearing points 1O formed on opposite extremities thereof.

Purchase blocks 8% are shown provided on the under surface of the range-plateor grate section 8, said blocks being formed with recesses or grooves corresponding with the wedge-shaped bearing points on the arm portion 10 of the member 10. withinwhich said points are adapted to fit in bearing contact when said member is secured in place to the underside of the grate as illustrated in Fig 2. In the present instance the spiderlike member 'or bar 10 is shown secured to the underside of the range-plate or grate section of the range by means of a-screw 13 in threaded engagement with an apertured protuberance 8 in this instance formed on the under surface of said grate section.

The spider-like member or bar element 10 is adapted to be moved or swung up, and down on its point of suspension with the 12 carried thereon projectalole through accommodating openings in the grate section 8 in imitation of the turning of a gas flame up and down as hereinbefore stated.

A means for actuating said member in imitation of the means by which the burner flames of an ordinary gas stove are turned up and down is shown in this instance provided by a rod 1% transversely underlying the member and having its opposite ends supported or journaled in the back plate and front portions respectively, of the stove, as clearly illustrated in Fig. l. In this ure the rod is shown with one end extended through a hole 7 in the back plate portion of the stove and provided with a retaining cap to prevent dislodgment, while its oppo site end extends through an apertured lug 15 provided on the bar 9 at the front of the stove. Said rod 1 1 carries a cam surface 14 shown formed in this instance by an intermediate angular bend therein providing an eccent 'ic portion thereof immediately underlying the spider-like member or bar 10 and adapted to engage below the latter for raising the same when the rod 1% is turned in one direction. Theforward end of the rod 1 1 also is shown bent angularly to provide a lever 14 having an extremital cap in imitation of a handle by which said bar may be partially rotated on its axis with the cam surface 1 1 engaging below the spider memher or bar element 10 for raising the same with the nibs 12 carried thereon projecting upwardly through the openings in the grate section, in realistic imitation of the turning up of the flame of a gas range as shown in Fig. 1.

The simplicity of my novel imitation flame or burner element with means for turning the gas on and off will be obvious from the foregoing description with reference to Figs. 1 to -11- inclusive, of the drawings. Its attraction to children who are fond of toys made in imitation of household articles with which they are familiar, will also be readily appreciated. The simplicity of this improved structural feature in its application to toy heaters of various forms renders the same entirely practical from the manufacturing standpoint, as toy heaters of many different constructional forms may be readily equipped with this novel feature at very little expense, whereas related devices heretofore known and used are of such complicated character as to render them impracticable for c'onstructiona embodiment in inexpensive toys.

Referring now to Figs. and 6, an imitation flame or burn-er element of slightly modified form is illustrated in application to a toy heater having a single burner space. 'Where the toy heater is formed with two or more burner spaces, the member or bar 10 may be formed with laterally extended arms with nib-carrying plates 11 in corresponding number, as described with reference to the member as illustrated in preceding figures, embodying a plurality of said nib-carrying plates. In Figs. 5 and 6 the element 10 is shown in the form of a bar carrying a single plate member 11 having a group of nibs 12 formed thereon as previously described, which instead of being secured to the range-plate or grate section of the range as described with reference to the preceding figures, is shown fulcrumed to a depending apertured lug 8 provided on the under surface of said grate in a manner equivalent to the secnrzng n'ieans for the member as illustrated in preceding figures. In this instance the member or bar 10 is formed with an apertured enlargement 10 at one end providing an extremital shoulder 10 and through which a swivel pin 13* may be passed for pivotally securing the element to said lug.

Means for actuating the imitation flame or burner element of the modified form is shown provided by a cock-member 1G having its shank extended through an apertured lug 8 provided on the range-plate or grate 8, with its lower end resting upon the shoulder 10 of the member 10. A pin 17 is shown extending transversely through the shank portion of the cock-member 16 with its ends engaging under a cam-like surface 8 in this instance formed as a detent in the lug 8 of the grate section through which said shank extends. It will be obvious that when the cock-member is turned, said pin 17 will friction against said ,cam surface and draw the shank of the cock-member downwardly so as to depress the shoulder 1O of the member 10, thereby causing its opposite end with the plate portion 11 to be raised with the nibs 12 thereon projecting upwardly through the openings in the grate section at the point of the burner opening in a manner similarly to that hereinbefore described with reference to the member as illustrated in preceding figures.

A spring 18 is shown with one end secured in the body portion of the member 10 and its opposite end in contact with the undersurface of the grate section and adapted normally to force said member downwardly with the nibs 12 carried thereon below the level of the grate section in off position of the burner.

It will be appreciated that the member 10 may be made in various forms providing an imitation flame or burner element according to the number of burner spaces in the toy heater or stove to which the element is applied, and the same may be secured to the grate section of the stove in any suitable manner, while actuating means therefor of either form shown may be provided to move the same up and down in imitation of the manner in which the flame of an ordinary gas stove is turned up and down, and since various changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention, I do not desire to be limited by the appended claims to the specific constructional embodiments or terms and the specific means for actuating the same as are hereinbefore illustrated and described.

Having thus described my invention, what- I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In combination with a toy range hav ing an imitation grate, a subjacent member carrying upstanding projections in imitation of flame jets normally below but adapted to be raised so as to protrude up through the grate, and means for raising and lowering said member.

2. In combination with a toy heater, an element for imitating burner flames, comprising a member embodying arm and plateportions carrying projections in the form of flame jets, the said member being movably secured to a section of the heater with said projections adapted to be extended therethrough, and means including a cam element for actuating said member to or from position in which the projections extend through said section.

3. In a toy range, an element for imitating burner flames with associated means for actuating the same, comprising in combina tion, a member embodying arm and plateportions having upstanding nibs in the form of flame jets, said member being movably secured to a section of the range with said nibs adapted to project therethrough, and a manually actuated member acting upon said first named member for moving the same to and from position with the nibs projecting through said section.

4. In combination with a toy range having an imitation grate, a member carrying upstanding projections in imitation or" flame jets movably secured in normally hanging position subjacent said grate, and means including a manually actuated member having a cam surface acting upon said first named member for raising the latter to position with said projections extended through the grate.

5. In a toy range having an imitation grate section, an imitation flame element with associated means for actuating the same in imitation of the turning up and down of the flame of an ordinary gas stove, comprising in combination, a. member carrying upstanding projections in the form of flame jets movably secured in normally hanging position subjacent the grate section, and a manually actuated member acting upon said first named member for raising the latter to position With said projections extended up through said grate.

6. In combination with a toy range having an imitation grate, an imitation flame element comprising a member having upstanding projections in the semblance of flame jets secured subjacent the grate by means permitting movement thereof to position with the projections thereon extending up through said grate, and means for moving said member'to said position in imitation of the turning up and down of the flame of an ordinary gas stove, comprising a manually actuated rod having a cam surface acting upon said member to move the latter.

7. In combination with a toy range having an imitation grate, an imitation flame element comprising a member having upstanding projections in the semblance of flame jets movably secured in normally hanging position subjacent the grate and adapted to movement to position with the projections thereon extending up through said grate, and means for moving said member in imitation of the turning up and down of the flame of an ordinary gas stove, comprising a manually actuated member acting upon said first named member to move the latter, together with a spring normally holding said first named member in hanging position.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

JOHN H. HARTMAN. 

